Constitutional Feud Leads to Fistfight
From Times Wire Reports
A row over proposals to alter Ukraine’s constitution erupted into a fistfight between two members of parliament and brought the chamber’s deliberations to a halt.
Parliament had been due to consider measures that would enable deputies to appoint some ministers but give President Leonid D. Kuchma the power to dissolve the chamber. The opposition says the plans amount to a sly attempt by Kuchma to remain in power after his second term ends in 2004.
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